Latest Trustworthy News from Dr. Mercola - delivered straight to your inbox!
preorder cellular health book preorder cellular health book

Foreign Physicians Becoming Nurses

  • January 11, 2004

Nurses are in such short supply here that hospitals are looking abroad to fill the gap--offering record salaries and signing bonuses. And in the Philippines, economic malaise and political instability have many physicians leaving to become nurses in the United States. Several nursing schools in the Philippines have recently started fast-track degree programs for physicians. The Philippines, which produces many more nurses than can be employed at home, has long been the biggest supplier of...